From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-16 23:39:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pogner.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if... Date: 17 Aug 2002 07:22:26 +0100 Organization: Pushface Sender: simon@smaug Message-ID: References: <3d5d003f.18415630@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:62.49.19.209 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1029566330 nnrp-07:7220 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:62.49.19.209 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28149 Date: 2002-08-17T07:22:26+01:00 List-Id: john.nospam@nospamassen.nospamdemon.co.uk (John McCabe) writes: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:33:28 -0700 (PDT), Eric Merritt > wrote: > > >> If you go to your [large] company's accountat and > >> say "there you go, > >> I've spent $1000 on software" and they say, "well, > >> where is it?" and > >> you say "it's a file on my PC" what do you think > >> they're going to say > >> to that? > > > >Hopefully, if they have half a brain, they will ask > >you to make sure its burned to a CD, then let you > >handle the matters you are expert in (software) the > >same way you let them handle the company's accounting. > > Accountant? Half a brain? You'll be lucky :-) > > In general I agree with your comments, but I'm used to working in > large companies like BAE Systems and Marconi where, ultimately, the > company was run by accountants who really hadn't a clue about the > technical stuff. It may be better now though. I work in a company very like those and we have had no trouble from our accountants buying support from ACT (and I'm fairly sure we don't have a physical box even yet, could be wrong there). Trouble caused by a long, partly outsourced, supply chain and losing renewals in the loop and managing (I think) to order the wrong support contract, yes :-( The downloaded software has to go on a CD because the computers it is to run on aren't connected to the Net. And it's a good idea anyway.